{"product_id":"9781118162651","title":"Scalable Computing and Communications Theory and Practice","description":"\u003ch3\u003eWiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eScalable Computing and Communications\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eTheory and Practice\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eSamee U. Khan | Albert Y. Zomaya | Lizhe Wang\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eComputers \/ Networking \/ General\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews the latest advances in the all-important field of scalable computing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn telecommunications and software engineering, scalability is the ability of a system, network, or process to either handle growing amounts of work in a graceful manner or be enlarged to accommodate that growth. It is a desirable property for many scientific, industrial, and business applications and an important feature for hardware.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis immersive book summarizes the latest research achievements in the field of scalable computing and covers new topics that have emerged recently on computing and communications, such as unconventional computing, green and sustainable computing, cloud and volunteer computing, and more. Filled with contributions from world-renowned engineers, researchers, and IT professionals in diverse areas, \u003ci\u003eScalable Computing and Communications\u003c\/i\u003e covers:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eCircuit and component design\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOperating systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGreen computing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNetwork-on-chip paradigms\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eComputational grids\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHigh-performance computing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSoftware\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNetworking in scalable computing and mobile computing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNext-generation networking\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCloud computing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePeer-to-peer systems\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eScalable Computing and Communications\u003c\/i\u003e is well organized with basic concepts, software infrastructure and middleware, and applications and systems. Filled with numerous case studies, figures, and tables, it is a valuable book that offers great insight into future trends and emerging topics for professionals and students in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSAMEE U. KHAN, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University. He is the founding director of the bi-institutional and multi-departmental NDSU-CIIT Green Computing and Communications Laboratory (GCC Lab) and an Adjunct Professor of Computer Science, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eALBERT Y. ZOMAYA, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is the Chair Professor of High Performance Computing and Networking, and Australian Research Council Professorial Fellow in the School of Information Technologies, The University of Sydney. He is also the Director of the Centre for Distributed and High Performance Computing as well as the Series Editor for the Wiley Series on Parallel and Distributed Computing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLIZHE WANG, PhD,\u003c\/b\u003e is a Professor at the Center for Earth Observation and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the ChuTian Scholar Chair Professor in the School of Computer, China University of Geosciences. 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